Warm \Warm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Warming.]
[AS. wearmian. See Warm, a.]
1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render
warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an
apartment.
Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn;
for he will take thereof and warm himself. --Isa.
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Enough to warm, but not enough to burn.
--Longfellow.
2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to
excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial
writings. --Pope.
Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. --Keble.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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